im a host at a local upscale restaurant and part of my job is taking reservations over the phone me could i have a last name please woman on phone gives last name me and could i have a first name as well woman on phone oh ill give you my husbands name its husbands first name often women making a reservation over the phone will automatically give their husbands first name it makes me so angry and frustrated if youre the one making the reservation why dont you give your own name i dont know if its a way of pandering to their husbands sensitivity about having a reservation under a womans name rather than a mans name